(b) Assist county farmland protection boards in applying for
and obtaining all state and federal funding available consistent
with the purposes of the farmland protection programs;

(c) Upon request of a farmland protection board, provide
technical and legal services necessary to procure, acquire, draft,
file and record conservation and preservation easements;

(d) Prepare and file electronically with the governor's office
and with the Legislature by the thirty-first day of August of each
year a report including, but not limited to, the following
information:

(1) The cost per easement obtained;

(2) The identity of all applicants for conservation and
preservation easements; and

(3) The identity of all applicants from whom conservation and
preservation easements have been acquired;

(e) Seek and apply for all available funds from federal, state
and private sources to accomplish the purposes of the farmland
protection programs.